Valerie Alia
Books by Valerie Alia
Names, Numbers and Northern Policy
Inuit, Project Surname, and the Politics of Identity
Valerie Alia
Names are the cornerstones of cultures. They identify individuals, represent life, express and embody power. When power is unequal and people are colonized at one level or another, naming is manipulated form the outside. In the Canadian North, the most blatant example of this manipulation is the long history of interference by visitors with the ways to Inuit named themselves and their land. This book is a concise history of government-sponsored interference with Inuit identity. (more information)
Deadlines and Diversity
Journalism Ethics in a Changing World
Edited by Valerie Alia, Brian Brennan, Barry Hoffmaster
The authors in this collection have first-hand knowledge of what it means to be journalists in today’s world. They address issues–coverage of the arts, sports, First Nations, and the evolution of journalism in Quebec–which have received scant attention in other texts. (more information)